Insect-trap.



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HVRBID. INSEGT'TRAP.

FATENTED JUNE 5, 1906.

H. REID. INSEGT TRAP.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 5, 1906.

Application 'lled February 21. 1906. Serial No. 302.299.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY REID, a citizen ofthe United States, residingat Meridian, in the county of Logan and Territory of Oklahoma, haveinvented a new and useful Insect- Trap and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and eXact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

The invention relates to insect-traps, and has for its object to providea simple, inexpensive, and durable device of this character which can beset out in the iield, lighted, and which will attract injurious insectsby its light, which will burn off their wings, after which they willfall into the pan of water below and be drowned.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention, part ofthe fender being shown in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a sectional view online 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view of one of thewicks and casing. Figs. 4, 5, and 6 are detail views of the foldablelegs. Fig. 7 is a top plan view of the wicks and webbing.

Referring to the drawings, l designates a pan or other suitable vesseladapted to retain water, said pan having a central socket 2, adapted toreceive and frictionally hold an oil-can 3. The can 3 is provided with ascrew-threaded top 4, which is provided with a plurality ofscrew-threaded apertures which are adapted to receive screw-threadedcylindrical casings 6, in which are inserted wicks which connect withthe oil within the can. The casings 6 are provided with inner collars 7,which engage the wicks and which render them slidable within saidcasings. A narrow slot 7ZL is provided in each casing, by which athumb-screwS engages the collars 7 and slides the same, as will bereadily understood.

The pan 1 is supported by foldable legs 9, by which the device may beraised or lowered according to the height of the growing crop in whichthe trap is set. The foldable legs 9 are composed of a plurality ofsections, each section being smaller than the upper section, whereby thesections can be folded, the smaller into the next larger section, asclearly shown in Figs. 4, 5, and 6. A pair of clips 10 are provided forthe reception of a fender 11, which faces the wind for the purpose ofpreventing the lights from being blown out. The trap is provided with ahandle or grip 12. Between each wick a webbing 13 is provided, whichwill prevent the insects from passing between the lights and which willhave a tendency to conduct them to the light.

The wicks are inclined for the purpose of causing the insects to dropdirectly into the water below when their wings are burned olf.

What I claim is- 1. An insecteexterminator, comprising a pan partlyiilled with water, an oil-can seated in the center of said water, saidoil-can being provided with a plurality of burners, said burners beingset at an outward inclination, whereby wingless insects will fall freefrom obstruction, directly into the water below, substantially asdescribed.

2. An insect-trap, comprising a rectangular pan, having a liquidtherein, burners mounted in said pan, clips mounted on one Side of saidpan, and a longitudinal fender mounted in said clips and adapted toshield said burners from the wind.

In testimony whereof I have hereto vaflixed my signature in the presenceof two witnesses.

HENRY REID.

Witnesses:

L. J. GILBERT, W. M. STEWARD.

